Historical Society hosting Trail of Tears discussion

Panel of experts on local history to focus on trail's Tennessee portion

2:59 PM,
Sep. 8, 2013

Written by

Jim Moore

Members of the Montgomery County Historical Society will gather on Monday, Sept. 16, at 7 p.m. to hear a panel discussion on the Trail of Tears at the Beech Civic Hall in Veterans Plaza.

The Trail of Tears is the name given to the forced relocation of Native American nations from the southeastern United States following the passage of the Indian Removal Act in 1830. The removal included many members of the Cherokee, Creek, Seminole, Chickasaw and Choctaw nations from their native areas to the Indian Territory in present-day Oklahoma.